3078: If It's Important, Learn It Repeatedly by David Cain of Raptitude on Personal Development and Self Improvement

Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3078: David Cain reveals why truly important lessons often have to be learned over and over again before they become second nature. He explores how our deepest insights fade unless revisited deliberately, and offers a compassionate reminder that self-reinforcement, not perfection, is the path to growth. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2018/01/if-its-important-learn-it-repeatedly/ Quotes to ponder: "If something is important to you, then the fact that you keep forgetting it doesn’t make it less important. It makes it more important." "Learning, in the practical sense, is not a binary switch we flip, but a direction we face and keep facing." "The moments when you realize you've forgotten a vital principle aren't failures, they are the principle asserting itself again." Episode references: The War of Art: https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Steven-Pressfield/dp/1936891026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?
0:04.8	So we started the business two years ago.
0:07.2	We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.
0:12.5	But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.
0:18.0	Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash
0:23.6	HelloVet.
0:26.7	This is Optimal Health Daily.
0:28.9	If it's important, learn it repeatedly by David Cain of Raptitude.com.
0:34.3	And I'm Dr. Neal.
0:35.9	Hey there, welcome to another Sunday bonus episode.
0:38.9	This is where I like to share an episode from another podcast in our network,
0:42.9	usually overlapping a bit with what we talk about here.
0:46.1	And today's comes from my brother's podcast, Optimal Living Daily.
0:50.2	You can find that podcast wherever you're hearing this, and be sure to hit the
0:54.0	subscribe or follow button to get new episodes every day. And we thank you. You can find that podcast wherever you're hearing this, and be sure to hit the subscribe
0:54.4	or follow button to get new episodes every day. And we thank you in advance for doing that.
1:00.1	And I'm going to keep this nice and short, so here's my brother Justin as we optimize your life.
1:09.0	If it's important, learn it repeatedly by David Kane of Raptitude.com.
1:15.3	A little more than a year ago, a friend took me for lunch in downtown Toronto, and we talked
1:20.0	mostly about what we'd been reading. Immediately afterwards, she marched me to a nearby
1:24.3	bookstore and insisted I buy Cal Newport's Deep Work. She was the second person
1:29.2	that week to describe it to me as potentially life-changing, so I bought it with great enthusiasm.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Optimal Living Daily LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Optimal Living Daily LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.